[dpdk-dev] [20.11, PATCH] bbdev: remove experimental tag from API

[Akhil Goyal]

> 
> Hello Nicolas,
> 
> On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 1:14 AM Nicolas Chautru
> <nicolas.chautru at intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > Planning to move bbdev API to stable from 20.11 (ABI version 21)
> > and remove experimental tag.
> > Sending now to advertise and get any feedback.
> > Some manual rebase will be required later on notably as the
> > actual release note which is not there yet.
> 
> Cool that we want to stabilize this API.
> My concern is that we have drivers from a single vendor.
> I would hate to see a new vendor unable to submit a driver (or having
> to wait until the next ABI breakage window) because of the current
> API/ABI.
> 
> 

+1 from my side. I am not sure how much it is acceptable for all the vendors/customers.
It is not reviewed by most of the vendors who may support in future.
It is not good to remove experimental tag as we have a long 1 year cycle to break the API/ABI.

Regards,
Akhil